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Emerging Digital Technologies for the Retail Supply Chain: Strategic Advantage or Big Question Mark?
This paper outlines three rapidly evolving technologies that have demonstrated benefits for supply chain operations; 5G communications, digital twins, and blockchain, and is designed to help you make the critical decisions that will drive your organization forward and stay ahead of the retail game.
Artificial Intelligence: Making Machine Learning Analytics Work for Your Retail Operation
In this 'paper' we look at some of the ways warehouse and distribution center operations are evolving, and how to ensure that all your systems are in sync to make the most of new strategies and technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The Internet of Things: How IoT Is Reshaping Retail The Deal Is in the Data
In this paper, we take an Internet of Things reality check and discovered IoT does have numerous applications for retail operations, but not necessarily where we thought they might be a few years ago.
Walmart’s Bid for TikTok Could Benefit the Retail Giant’s Ecommerce and Advertising Businesses
Walmart's move is part of a broader play to bring more shoppers, advertisers, vendors into the fold as the lines between content and commerce continue to blur.
Walmart Ecommerce Sales Rose 74% in First Quarter - Shuts Down Jet.com
Walmart reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings today, driven by a surge in e-commerce and higher traffic in stores as the coronavirus pandemic sparked massive purchases in household goods.
National Retail Federation Forecasts 2019 Holiday Sales Will Grow Between 3.8% & 4.2%
“The U.S. economy is continuing to grow and consumer spending is still the primary engine behind that growth,” said National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay.
Honeywell Helps Apparel Logistics Group Triple Daily Output from Its Ecommerce Distribution Center
Honeywell Intelligrated’s technology and technical support services will help The Apparel Logistics Group expand its e-commerce parcel shipping capability, increase productivity at the shipping dock, ensure order accuracy and expand its value-added services capacity, which includes returned merchandise management and product customization.
BigCommerce | Shipping, Delivered: Best Practices & Expectations for 2019
In this new survey of 3,000 digital consumers and 800 online merchants conducted by ecommerce platform BigCommerce, we detail how shipping impacts your customer’s experience, and how Amazon is forcing retailers to offer more shipping options.
Amazon Forcing Retailers to Offer More Shipping Options
A new survey of 3,000 digital consumers and 800 online merchants conducted by ecommerce platform BigCommerce indicates that more than half of online shoppers have stopped shopping with retailers due to a negative shipping experience.
A Deep Dive Into Shippers’ Ecommerce Strategies
A new DHL report, entitled “The ecommerce supply chain: Overcoming growing pains,” takes a deep dive into the intersection of the importance of ecommerce on customer retention and satisfaction, as well as the barriers to implementing a successful ecommerce supply chain strategy.
The Ecommerce Supply Chain: Overcoming Growing Pains
This report and survey captured the opinions and insights of nearly 900 decision-makers responsible for logistics and supply chain management and e-commerce distribution strategy across the globe.
Walmart Taking Grocery Delivery One Step Further
Walmart's latest announcement at its annual shareholder meeting: a grocery delivery service where a Walmart employee enters your home and loads your refrigerator.
Suresh Kumar to Join Walmart in New Elevated Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer
25-year tech executive brings deep experience in retail and eCommerce, advertising, cloud, and machine learning.
Ecommerce Delivery – What Do Your Customers Want?
This paper includes 3 real delivery scenarios and the supply chain and logistics needs, case studies, of London's Portobello Road MOU company, the iconic Lulu brand, and Escalade Sports.
Defining and Executing Omnichannel Fulfillment
Omnichannel is an integrated approach to retail that tries to provide the customers with a consistent shopping experience on different channels: online, via telephone or a brick-and-mortar store.
Could Amazon Be Worried About The “Walmart Effect”?
We take a closer look at the parallels between the Walmart Effect and the Amazon Effect and explore the implications for the future of online and brick-and-mortar shopping.
Full-Scale Supply Chain Solution for Large Canadian Retailer
One of Canada’s largest retailers partnered with LEGACY Supply Chain Services to develop a full-scale, custom supply chain solution – supporting the client’s growth and enabling rapid expansion into new retail markets.
National Retail Federation on the Current State of Ecommerce Supply Chains
Jonathan Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy for the National Retail Federation shares his insights and observations on how ecommerce is changing the way we approach logistics and distribution.
The Coming AI Revolution in Retail & Consumer Products
This white paper details how companies are thinking about implementing intelligent automation such as artificial intelligence in their retail businesses.
Keeping Up with the Retail Consumer
6 Supply Chain Disciplines Retailers Must Master - Developed by Adrian Gonzalez, Founder and President of Adelante SCM and LEGACY Supply Chain Services, with foreword from Rick Blasgen, President and CEO, CSCMP.
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